[Python-Dev] Rethinking intern() and its data structure

[Greg Ewing]

John Arbash Meinel wrote:
> And when you look at the intern function, it doesn't use
> setdefault logic, it actually does a get() followed by a set(), which
> means the cost of interning is 1-2 lookups depending on likelyhood, etc.

Keep in mind that intern() is called fairly rarely, mostly
only at module load time. It may not be worth attempting
to speed it up.

-- 
Greg